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Tornado Warning 2, NWS St. Louis, MO

July 2, 1992Marion County, Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at Jul 2, 1992, 1:39 PM CDT for Marion County, Missouri. It was in force for 36 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 2, 1992, 1:39 PM CDT (18:39 UTC)
Expired
Jul 2, 1992, 2:15 PM CDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Whole counties

County Marion County, MO

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 357 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Topeka, KS at 12:00Z on 1992-07-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 5739 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Topeka, KS at 12:00Z on 1992-07-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 48 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
5739 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-19 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
558 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
48 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
69 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.2
Supercell composite
10.1

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KSTL 021843 COR
TORSTL
MOC127-021915-

BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING                          ...CORRECTION FOR STATE...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
139 PM CDT THU JUL 2 1992

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  215 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI

   ...EASTERN MARION COUNTY

AT 130 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH MAY
PRODUCE A TORNADO OVER EASTERN MARION COUNTY.

THE TOWN OF PALMYRA IS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN
HOUR.

PERSONS IN THE TOWN OF PALMYRA SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT.  GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.

PRZYBYLINSKI

The office that day

Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 2, 11:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXShelby34 min
Jul 2, 11:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXKnox49 min
Jul 2, 11:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXClark, Lewis46 min
Jul 2, 1:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXLewis, Marion52 min
Jul 2, 4:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXPike, Ralls41 min
Jul 2, 5:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXPike52 min
Jul 2, 6:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXPike42 min

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.